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Types of island ecosystems

An island is a body of land, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water. Plants and animals of island ecosystems have many distinctive features, often related to the type of island:

old continental islands e.g. New Caledonia and New Zealand, originally part of a continent
oceanic islands, generally volcanic and short lived e.g. Hawai'i
coral atolls (see photo of Palmyra Atoll)
small, numerous islands e.g. red mangrove islets in the tropics, sand islets of the Caribbean and Indian Ocean, and
barrier islands parallel and close to the mainland coast.

Photo title: Palmyra Atoll, Pacific Ocean

Photo credit: Kim Cobb, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Island biogeography

Island ecosystems have been studied because they are simpler than ocean ecosystems. Even clusters of islands are simpler to study. Islands provide natural “experiments” for research because of their number, variation in shape, size, degree of isolation and ecology. Oceanic islands near continents may have continental plants and animals. More isolated islands may have endemic species. One of the key relationships in island biogeography is the area-biodiversity curve. Generally the larger the island, the more diverse the plants and animals. To put it another way, environmental diversity is correlated with island area.

Photo title: Bahia Azul, Panama, a great chaenopsid collecting site

Photo credit: P A Hastings, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Acanthemblemaria mangognatha, a new tube blenny endemic to Islas Revillagigedos, Mexico

More recent interest in island biogeography has had an impact on conservation biology. Many features of island ecosystems are relevant to ecosystem conservation elsewhere, on land as well as in the oceans. Island ecosystems have helped our understanding of:

fragmentation (leading to insularization)
creation of biotic communities, and
species extinction.

Photo title: Acanthemblemaria mangognatha, a new tube blenny endemic to Islas Revillagigedos, Mexico

Photo credit: D R Robertson

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Proceedings of the Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade, July 22-25, 2008, Nha Trang, Vietnam: Achieving a Sustainable Future: Managing Aquaculture, Fishing, Trade and Development. ( BOOK )

Author(s) / Editor(s)

Shriver, A.L.

Description

This CD Proceedings of the 14th biennial conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade, Achieving a Sustainable Future: Managing Aquaculture, Fishing, Trade and Development, held in Nha Trang, Vietnam, in July 2008, covers the following topics: Analytical Methods for Fishery Management and Trade Game Theory Non-Market Valuation Aquaculture Economics (in both developed and developing country contexts) Sustainability and the Environment Feed and Fishery Interactions Sector Analysis and Development Farm Management Development: Dimensions of Poverty and Wellbeing in Fishing Communities Seafood Marketing Supply/Production Chain Issues Markets for Ecolabeled Seafood: What is the future? Consumer Attitudes and Seafood Consumption, with specific reference to Asia International Seafood Trade Globalization and Trade Flows Trade Barriers and Conflicts Market Structure Fishing Sector Economics Fishing Behavior Sector Analysis: Artisanal and Commercial Fleets Fishing Policy and Management Systems Approaches to Combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Bioeconomic Models for Management Climate Change and Fishery Governance Responsible Fisheries in Practice Multi-species Fishery Management Institutions, Governance, Sustainability Fisheries Recovery Property Rights Systems and Implementation Fishery Policy in Vietnam Risk and Uncertainty in Fisheries The “Rent Drain” Compliance and Enforcement Allocation of Fish Resources among User Groups Capacity Measurement and Control Co-Management Environmental Impacts Assessing Costs and Benefits Recreational Fishing Bycatch, Discards, Ecosystems Marine Reserves and Protected Areas Ecosystem Management CD is fully searchable, and also includes photographs.

Keywords

FISHERY ECONOMICS;

FISHERY MANAGEMENT;

SEAFOOD TRADE;

AQUACULTURE ECONOMICS;

FISHERY DEVELOPMENT;

AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT

Geography Keywords

GLOBAL

Content Language(s)

English

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